ah, ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin. italy's new right wing leaders promised to restore national pride. georgia maloney is poised to become the 1st fall, right, the prime minister in italy since world war 2. she says she'll bring unity not division. and growing up position to validate pollutants call up off resumes to fight in ukraine. more than 100 protesters are arrested. i just one rally in russia plus students in nigeria tell,

striking lecturers to get back to work of pay dispute means universities have been closed for most of the year and there's a little sign of any solution. ah, i'm golf as well. come to the program. italy's new right bring leaders are on course to win a clear majority in both houses of parliament. the alliance of parties from the right is led by georgia, maloney who's likely to become italy's 1st woman prime minister and its 1st fall right leader. since the 2nd world war, she's promising to restore national pride and says she'll work to bring unity rather than division. the french president am unaware of my court says he respects the democratic choice of the italian people. the repeal commission says it hopes

for constructive cooperation with a new government george maloney takes the stage in a historic election when he's now set to become italy's 1st female prime minister and the 1st leader of a far right italian government. since world war 2, her right tween coalitions to 44 percent of the vote. well ahead of her lettering rivals. signaling a tech tonic shift in italian politics. maloney's party brothers of italy has its roots in near fascism opponents fear. road bass arrives. the party is quick to disavow any connection with italy's fascists past good. if you look at our percentage for their lady. darya took a 26 percent of the voter in italy. so unless you want to say that all the italians are a fascist, or most of them it's, it's, it's something that is not true. now we, we are not that we are ah new way to think at the

right ah, politics. and in that said, others fear that the election results may tip the balance in a new decision making to the right. as rights when government rising europe valuable will not be this threat, italy will have a riot tween government. the trend that arose in sweden a few weeks ago, has also come to italy or drill to day is a sad day for italy and for europe in europe. there are hard days ahead of us. jordan doughty, maloney has been known for her hard line views on social issues like immigration and same sex marriage when she took the podium after her election when she promised to govern for all italians. it's a message that resonated with many voters. the yoga i always supported the left, but they disappointed me. i am 75 years old. i would like to see change can let's

give this a try. sure it's risky. okay. but maloney seems quite competent and we need change . there is the milligram, the area where the cost of living crisis and the war and ukraine. maloney takes the reins at a time of crisis for italy and europe. her leadership may set a new course for both. we are the vice president of european parliament katerina barley from the german social democrats. what this was all means for the you. but she said before the elections doesn't give us much hope. she has already announced to support the oregon and did you want him and. 5 some of it from poland, in fighting for europe, of the patriots, which of course means more egoistic politics from the capital, from the member states. and they might be joined by sweden. so this is not a good development for the european union covering a body of them. let's have

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today. cuba has become the latest country to approve same sex marriage after a referendum on the islands family law system. almost 70 percent of cubans voted in support despite strong resistance from evangelical groups. the new measure also allows same sex adoption answer. good pregnancy president vladimir putin has granted russian citizenship to us whistleblower edward snowden. the former government security contractor fled to russia and 2013 of the leaking secret files on surveillance operations by the us national security. it is wanted in the u . s. on charges of espionage. a gunman has killed at least 15 people at a school in central russia. authorities say the shooter targeted students teachers

and security guards before turning the gun on himself. investigate to say he was wearing a shirt with a swastika motive remains unclear. now the kremlin says it has not yet made any decision on closing russia's borders, despite a flood of men leaving to avoid being called up to fight in ukraine. mobilization could see as many as 300 a 1000 reserves sent in neighboring. georgia is one of the countries, a seeing a big influx of russian men. long lines of wiggled at the lossy border, crossing an entry point to georgia. these men of lean russia and let me put in the military mobilization. lab loses latino suite, a $1200.00 to be escorted to the point killing, which is 3 kilometers before the russian checkpoint on the russian georgia border. they just that because if you just honestly stay in the queue, leaving russia could take at least 72 hours. we laying our feet. we made it in

30 hours. of the russian authorities acknowledged a significant influx of cars trying to cross into georgia. this comes after an announcement of a partially mobilization, sparked an exodus of fighting age men. and some feel that the situation will get even worse, easiest loser. it's got if i expect marshal law to be declared as a result of unification with those eastern parts of ukraine to russia, which will be followed by a global mobilization glove. well, for me personally, i say neither ideological nor legal grounds for myself to get involved in this war of knowing that those were pretty interested with the way a sentiment shared by many in russia were protested against moscow's column of military resumes. in the dog. astonishing, there were clashes with police, human rights monitors, as over 100 people were arrested. ukrainian president followed amused lensky colon russians not to submit to mobilization. and when he comes to ludy, jeff,

we see the people in particular and daggers than that began to fight for their lives. my victims done, we see that they are beginning to understand what this is a question of their lives. they actually was yamba. why should their husbands brothers sons die in this war? now a me in a more than no one once she never me in a war against our people on our landing, on juniper select, never, he does not send his children to war. but it is a totally yet prevalent as married to marshal gigi trying to stop the exodus. russia toughened penalties from wall and re surrender and refusal to fight with those who do that now facing up to 10 years in prison. but for many, the alternative is far more intimidating. the ws nicoli is in kia for us and he described to the ukranian response to russia's military mobilization, widening. there's

a lot of kind of fear in the short term, i think until those people are trained. they are indeed trained in any kind of serious way and for that kind of equipment is ready. it's going to be quite some time. and some people here, some alice are saying that basically it's not gonna make much of a difference between before the cold weather before winter, really breaks in and puts an end to kind of major fighting on the front lines. i think long term people here are very aware that russia is going to have, if this all carries on as expected, is going to have a large advantage in terms of manpower, boots on the ground. and that is causing people here to ask for more weapons from the west in shorter are kind of time in is shorted leverett on them was previous to the case and i think we are seeing that happening. we're seeing that this kind of recent russian escalation, in terms of kind of raising the stakes, is really having effect on western capitals, missing new promises of new weapons on shorter kind of time frame them was the case previously. but the certainly thing that is being watched with a lot of interesting cubicles. now the mobilization is happening at the same time

as a sham referendum in the occupied east of ukraine on joining russia. how do people feel about that? i think most people are not taking it very seriously. they knew what the result is going to be. i mean, we'd even heard organizing this pseudo referendum, talked about the expected results and the numbers they expected to see. and i think everyone was expecting that this would come, it's just a question of the timing. these things have been delayed a few times now they happened in quite a hurry. and we are basically within a space a week between their announcement and them being carried out. i think the big deal is what happens next. but for now, i think there is a lot of laughter, a lot of kind of a means or social media. you see a video footage of people walking the streets maribel trying to convince people in their homes to vote knocking on doors, trying to get people to come out who are basically boycotting this for the most part. so that is basically the main focus here of can public attention hearing ukraine. and as i said, people were expecting this. i think it was just that the timing that happened. and

especially now you said the result is being seen as a bit foregone a conclusion. what will change for ukraine if russia annex is more of their territory? well, i think in the fear 1st line, i think it definitely means more western support. and here we have already heard noises from washington, that the u. s. is going to defeat up that support, not just the military but financially as well. but obviously the big fear is that russia will use this as an excuse the pretext to threaten using nuclear weapons. say, if you attack danielle gallow, hans, which we now considered to be russian territory than you are attacking russia and such, there is no limit on what will do in terms of defending that territory. was he no one outside russia can recognize that. not even russ closest allies like dollars or catholics on seemingly willing to do so. but certainly there's this fear that this kind of nuclear specter, the specter of nuclear weapons being used against ukraine forces. now something that is increasingly a rail prospect did up as an economy there in keith for us. thank you, nick. and i have some more headlines for you. iranian officials

say they have arrested more than 1200 people protesting over the death of a woman in police custody human rights. wanted to say at least 76 people have died in 10 days. otis, have also been lost, kroger lebanon's parliamentary god, have class with retired soldiers rallying against cost to their pensions. protesters in the capital bay rou, briefly breached security near parliament, but were pushed back with tear gas. public anger over lebanon's, collapsing, economy is growing. you know, we've been the leader of her rebel group from the central african republic has gone on trial at the international criminal court in the hague mohammed site up there, connie deny charges including war crimes. he's accused of running a torture unit during an anti government uprising. in 2013 the were one

more than 2000000 students in nigeria having to work at home because their lecturers are on strike. the academics have been refusing to work for most of this year in a dispute with a government over their pe did abuse or least such a comb up reports from nigeria as big as city lagos, where students patience is wearing thin. oh, university students here angry. the are protest blocked the main access road to delay ghost international airport, causing disruption for travelers and snarling traffic. they wanted the government to end the monks, long strike, right? electra as union asked you, i was looking for that. the only thing to do is to list interest. oh, so grand, if i may have the potential because our own education granted lesson

asked to sign to deal with a government for better pay and conditions back in 2009 boss. the union says promises mid den, i've not been camped. i reported here at the university of lagos when the strike started. as of february, nothing has changed. the halls of learning are still closed. and students, nigeria mex international professionals. i held hosted by this academic schoolmates . he format luma is a 2nd year student of economics. the strike has kept her home since february i think points, i got leg to chris. i was like, i was really going, i'm glad a course just or that the striking lecture as to return to work triggering some hope for the former. if they can call you talk to d, we'll be very happy. i'm glad to go back to her classes as well as we are hoping

for. butts would electra as union pledge into appeal to ruling and in return to the classroom look spiral. even more distant is a permanent solution to university funding in nigeria. that's it from me. others team for now don't go away. coming up close up the look at the rise of patriotism of the fullness. so gets states. phil, go, we'll have an update for you at the top of the hour. thanks a lot. have a great a.